Privacy Policy

Data privacy and security in the use of our website are very important for us. We therefore like to inform you which kind of personal data are collected while visiting our website and for what kind of purposes they are used. You can find, save or print this privacy statement at any time at http://www.hoenle.de/en/privacy-policy. Since changes due to legislation or due to our internal processes may require an adjustment of this privacy statement, please read this Privacy Policy regularly.

1. Scope of application

This privacy policy applies to the website of Dr. Hönle AG, Lochhamer Schlag 1, D-82166 Gräfelfing, which can be accessed through the domain “hoenle.de”.

2. Personal data

Personal data means any information that can be used to collect personal or factual information about you (such as name, address, telephone number, date of birth or e-mail address). Information that is not referred to you personally (or only with disproportionate efforts), for example anonymous information, is not personal data.

3. Personal data which will be collected and how we use your information

In principle, you can use our website without providing personal data. If you send us an e-mail or if you use our contact form, we will use your therein disclosed personal data only in order to communicate with you or to fulfill your information request. A further use of your personal data will not take place. And of course we will not disclose your data to third parties.

4. Use of Anonymous Information / cookies

We do not create user profiles. Information from your visit to our website is stored on our servers only in anonymous form in order to support our various services, or for evaluation purposes. This general information is recorded for example when and which information you read or which pages are visited most frequently. For these purposes, we use “cookies” (small text files containing configuration information). The cookies are used in particular in order to collect information about the frequency of use and the number of users on our websites. That way we can know which areas of our websites our users visit and how often corresponding sites are viewed. However no one will be able to determine your identity. All this anonymously collected information will not be merged with your personal information (see section No.3 of this Privacy Policy) and will be deleted immediately after the statistical evaluation.The most browsers accept cookies automatically. You can deactivate the saving of cookies or set your browser to notify you before accepting cookies. Users that do not accept cookies may not be able to access certain areas of our site.

5. Usage of Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer to help the website analyse how visitors use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. In case IP-anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will be truncated within the area of Member States of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases the whole IP address will be first transferred to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also opt-out from being tracked by Google Analytics with effect for the future by downloading and installing Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for your current web browser: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

6. How we keep your information secure

Personal information provided by you is safe. We commit ourselves to protecting your privacy and to keeping personal information private. In order to avoid loss or misuse of data stored by us we take all the necessary technical and operational safety precautions that are regularly checked and updated. However, we would like to inform you that because of the constitution of the Internet, the rules of data protection and the security measures mentioned above may not be observed by others, persons or institutions beyond our control. Especially unencrypted data – even sent via e-mail – can be read by third parties. We have no technical influence to avoid this. The user has the responsibility to protect the information he provided from misuse by encryption or other means.

7. Links to Other Websites

On our website, there are hyperlinks to other websites. By activating these links you are redirected from our website directly to the website of another provider. That happens when the URL changes. We cannot take over any responsibility for the privacy practices of third party´s websites, because we do have no control over their compliance with data protection regulations. About the use of your personal information by these companies, please read the privacy policy directly from the corresponding websites.

8. Access to and accuracy of your information / Deletion

Personal information provided by you to us is saved only as long as it is permitted by law. On your request, we gladly inform you about the data we have saved about you. If incorrect data is saved by us, despite our efforts to provide accurate and current information, we correct it immediately. If you want the saved data to be deleted this deletion takes place immediately at your request. If a deletion is not possible for legal reasons, we block the relative information to avoid any further use. Please note that in this case we cannot offer you anymore the above mentioned services. Please contact us in these cases: